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As of 4 November 2026, 3,148 general & specialty stores are based in Brazil; 12 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 3,148
- Hiring now
- 12 · 8 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 928
- Top city
- São Paulo · 163
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 175,093
General & specialty stores in Brazil, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 928 | 29% |
| Independent supermarkets | 379 | 12% |
| Construction materials distribution | 354 | 11% |
| General merchandise webshops | 153 | 5% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 146 | 5% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 126 | 4% |
| Industrial gas distribution | 117 | 4% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 100 | 3% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 83 | 3% |
| Greengrocers produce shops | 63 | 2% |
| Tools & hardware webshops | 61 | 2% |
| Hot tub pool & spa stores | 60 | 2% |
| Home decor webshops | 57 | 2% |
| Furniture webshops | 51 | 2% |
| Interior finishing material webshops | 48 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 93 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,417 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 277 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 165 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 102 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 59 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 30 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 163 | 5% |
| Belém | 65 | 2% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 55 | 2% |
| San José | 41 | 1% |
| San Ildefonso Tultepec | 38 | 1% |
| Curitiba | 37 | 1% |
| Baganga | 28 | 1% |
| Goiânia | 19 | 1% |
| Campo Grande | 18 | 1% |
| Jardim | 17 | 1% |
| Santana | 16 | 1% |
| Santa | 15 | 0% |
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The stack of general & specialty stores in Brazil
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Brazil
Commerce & trade in Brazil, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 74,493 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 43,943 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 22,892 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 15,307 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 13,723 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 13,617 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 11,350 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 8,109 →
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3,148 general & specialty stores are based in Brazil; 12 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/brazil/general_and_specialty_stores)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
General & specialty stores in Brazil: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in Brazil?
3,148 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, independent supermarkets, construction materials distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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